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It is not [befitting] for Allahu ta’ālā to take to Himself a son. Glory be to Him - in affirmation of His being transcendent above [doing] such a thing. When He decrees a thing, that is, [when] He wishes for it to happen, He only says to it, 'Be!, and it is (read fa-yakūnu because of an implied [pronoun] huwa [sc. fa-huwa yakūnu]; or read fa-yakūna because of an implied an [sc. an yakūna]). An example of this is His creating Jesus without [his having had] a father.